Food is fraught. Even people who agree on many other things argue about what diet is the best, healthiest, most ethical. When speaking with elders, it is often said that it wasn’t like that when they were young, that everyone ate the same things, and only people with certain ailments had “dietary restrictions.” But that [...]

The White Mountains are part of one of the most ecologically resilient and diverse landscapes in the world: the Appalachian Mountains. Join Sarah Garlick, Director of Conservation for The Nature Conservancy in New Hampshire, to explore stories of geology, ecology, and human connection to the land that illustrate how special these mountains are. Learn about [...]

Archaeology is often overlooked as a teaching platform for sustainability. The information that archaeology produces focuses on the consumption, use, and care of resources. Archaeologists attempt to understand their data and imagine the social systems that produced those results. Most archaeologists, however, rarely consider how long term trend about ecosystem health can be patterned against [...]

Join us for our Art & Design Student Artist Talks at the MWM as part of our Art and Design Capstone Exhibition.

Join us for our Art & Design Student Artist Talks at the Silver Center for the Arts as part of our Art and Design Capstone Exhibition.

What is the relationship between loving a place deeply and nurturing and sustaining it? This is a question that Indigenous and non-Indigenous American writers have long revolved, alive to the ways our history of settler colonialism complicates the question. In her talk, Michelle Neely will draw on the work of Henry David Thoreau, Willa Cather, [...]